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Nokia had just announced yesterday a new mobile device, X3-02 Touch and Type, that combines a touchscreen with a 16-button keypad. The touchscreen display has 2.4-inches and supports a 240 x 320 pixel resolution and up to 262k colors. Camera has 5 megapixel, full focus, 4x digital zoom, noise reduction, but lacks a LED flash. Series 40 software platform is supported and they claim will hold up thousands of apps and games from Ovi Store.
The Finnish company really makes a difference when they have to design a cheap phone with quality specs and X3-02 is definitely the one to choose: 3G, GPRS, EDGE, Wi-Fi b/g/n, Bluetooth 2.1, microUSB, 3.5 mm audio jack. Unfortunately it lacks GPS, but this is not a big issue for a phone user.
Nokia X3 Touch and Type wants to be a middle-range phone with quality features, low price, but still manage to follow the touchscreen and keyboard trend. It will be available in the Q3 of this year and have a €125 retail price, excluding taxes and subsidies.
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Sometimes you look for something simple and straightforward in a mobile phone, and some of the most basic and easy to use phones are made by Nokia. A lot of their classic models are not only solidly built but also extremely durable, so they will take quite a beating. The Nokia 6700 Slide is a phone you’d think would be one of these simple phones, an updated version of the 6500 Slide and at the same time a slide version of the 6700 Classic. Yet this phone has a few surprises in store.
The Series 40 operating system of the previous models has been replaced with Symbian version 9.3, an interesting move on Nokia’s part as this system is known for being very unreliable and freezing often. An ARM 11 600 MHz processor completes the view, but we think this was not necessary as the phone lacks both GPS and Wi-Fi features. On the other hand, its HSPA provides lightning fast Internet connectivity, with a download capacity of up to 10Mbps and uploads of up to 2Mbps. The impressive 3G connection is supplemented by Bluetooth 2.0 and USB connectivity as well. +Continue Reading
Last week, we got a chance to see the next Nokia smarthphone: C6. We found out that the phone features: 5 megapixel camera, QWERTY keyboard, 434 MHz ARM 11 processor, Symbian 9.4 OS, Bluetooth 2.1, Wi-Fi and GPS.
We said in our post that we estimate the phone will cost somewhere between $500-600. Well, we were wrong, at least for Indonesia!
Thanks to a friend of ours, Lionel from Indonesia, who bought the phone from store, now we have the proof of the bill and we can say it loud and clear: Nokia C6 cost $315(without a contract), in Indonesia at least. Here are the pictures with the phone and the bill, paid in Indonesian national currency(rupiah).
1 Indonesian rupiah = 0.000111 U.S. dollars
2.850.000 Indonesian rupiah = $316.35
It’s been a while since Nokia lost the battle of smartphones and Apple, HTC, RIM or Motorola are now some of the leaders in this mobile phone niche. Now more than never, the finnish mobile manufacturer want to keep up with the trend and will release soon a QWERTY smartphone.
Nokia C6 is the name of the phone that is scheduled to be released this summer, but till now we haven’t found any official to confirm this.
The phone comes with a 3.2-inches resistant touch screen with a 360 x 640 pixel resolution. Display is featuring: brightness control, orientation sensor, proximity sensor and ambient light detector. Just under the display are 3 keys: Call/Menu/End Call.
The QWERTY keyboard that we’ve talk about is unveiled if you slide the phone on the right side and is featuring a navigation key.
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At the Apple last conference(July 16) Steve Jobs accused Samsung, HTC, Rim and Nokia for having the same problems that they’ve got on iPhone 4 smart-phone: antenna problems.
Expanding the problem towards four other big mobile producers was not a smart choice for Apple and the time will surely prove that.
All four blamed companies filled press releases where they explained about their antennas and some(Samsung) claimed as “unacceptable” the decision of Apple. RIM made it clear that they are a global leader in antenna design and the they always avoided the designs like the ones Apple used on iPhone 4. HTC responded through a PR voice that they had just 0.016% users complaining about antenna issues. Nokia, one of the largest mobile producers ensured customers that they put antenna design on top of their priorities when they design a new phone.
Till now, 2010 it’s a harsh year for finish producer Nokia, who seem to be outclass by Apple, HTC, Motorola or even Microsoft. Why do we say that? A touchscreen model was needed like a fresh breath for Nokia, but the bad news is that will be released Q3, 2010.
The display has a 3.5-inches size and is an OLED capacitive based one with 640 x 360 pixels resolution. Along 16M colors the screen have orientation sensor, compass, proximity sensor and ambient light detector. Under the display we have a menu key while above, the earpiece.
On the right side of the phone we find volume buttons, Lock and Camera keys while on the left are the microSD and microUSB port.
As Nokia stated during the announcement people can create compelling content, connect to their favorite social networks and enjoy on-demand Web TV programs and Ovi Store apps on this big screen.
The special thing is at the back, a 12 megapixel camera with autofocus, digital zooming and xenon flash. Videos can be recorder in HD quality(16:9 and 720p resolution) @25 fps in H.264, MPEG-4 format. +Continue Reading
We wrote about this subject, long time ago when it was just a leak news, but now everything is official and has been presented during MWC 2010 at Barcelona.
It seems that Intel and Nokia will join together to produce MeeGo, a Linux open source based project that bound Moblin and Maemo.
MeeGo will target tablets, netbooks, laptops, mobiles, connected TV’s and much more and will coexist will existing Symbian OS.
At the press conference, Intel and Nokia said MeeGo is build on the capabilities of the Moblin core OS and supports Maemo in the mobile industry and the adopted Qt application and UI framework for software developers.
MeeGo includes:
- Performance optimizations and features which enable rich computational and graphically oriented applications and connected services development
- No-compromise internet standards support delivering the best web experiences
- Easy to use, flexible and powerful UI/app development environment based on Qt
- Open source project organization managed by the Linux Foundation
- State of the Art Linux stack optimized for the size and capabilities of small footprint platforms and mobile devices, but delivering broad linux software application compatibility
The first MeeGo release will be available in Q2 of 2010.
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